Thaltej-Ghatlodia tops in waste generation

Ahmedabad: Amid a major drive initiated by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to encourage waste segregation, a study by CEPT University students has revealed that an average of 15.8 tonnes per day (TPD) of waste was collected from households in the Thaltej-Ghatlodia area. The Hansol-Naroda area was at the bottom of the chart with 7.7 TPD.

The analysis was a part of a massive academic project — Understanding the City Studio by the faculty of planning — in which 150 students and 11 faculty members from different disciplines participated. Dr Rutul Joshi, associate professor at CEPT University and the coordinator for the initiative, said that it was the first of its kind experiment to map the city on different parameters. “Students visited over 40 diverse households and interviewed over 250-300 persons for the ground-level survey,” he said. Analysis of the data showed that almost the same amount of waste is generated by both sides of the city. While the area with the highest household income, Paldi-Navrangpura, generated 10.9 TPD, the lowest income group area, Rakhial-Ghodasar, reported a collection of 14.2 TPD. The amount of waste collected from households and streets remains almost the same in majority of the areas, the study said.